The Yards 2000

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Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Good enough to make you eager for Mr. Gray's next film. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A serious film that strives for a moral complexity and a textural density rarely found in contemporary dramas. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: After a point, The Yards crosses the line from portentously atmospheric to merely dolorous. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Production designer Kevin Thompson's crucial contribution to the film's authenticity is as accurate as it is subtle. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: One of The Yards' impressive elements is the way that, while it sometimes strains credibility, it conjures up an entire world -- and an entire world view -- without ever leaving Queens. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: One of the best dramatic films to come out of Hollywood this year. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A slice of NYC made with imitation cheese. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I can't remember when a film so well-acted and so well-rendered visually was also so oppressive to sit through. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Things in The Yards become so hard to swallow that even the most easygoing movie-goers will find it hard to suspend disbelief. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's that [moral] ambiguity that makes the film interesting. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: The temptations of corruption, its insidiousness and how it is covered up by a code of silence not only form a compelling subject but have the ring of truth. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: A sensitive, intelligent and ambitious variation on the traditional going-straight story. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: An On the Waterfront wannabe, directed with a heavy portentousness that smothers the drama in a thick sauce of self-importance. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Gray balances the hugeness of the canvas and the occasional broadness of his strokes with spare, scrupulous detail in the individual characterizations. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A great director's losing battle against a goofy script. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: A haunting experience. Read more